MAGIC LESSONS

Novel. Where does the story of the Owens bloodline begin? With Maria Owens, in the 1600s, when she's abandoned in a snowy field in rural England as a baby. Under the care of Hannah Owens, Maria learns about the "Nameless Art." When Maria is betrayed by the man who once declared his love for her, she follows him to Salem, Massachusetts, and here she invokes the curse that will haunt her family.